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The newspaper reported that the proposal was formally presented -via a letter- to Thessaloniki Mayor Yiannis Boutaris from George Soros' Open Society Foundation, and according to alderman Benjamin Karakostanoglou the motion was accepted right away, but with caution, because of Soros' well-known stance on the issue of FYROM.
Vice-mayor Chasdai Capon was quoted as saying that just because Boutaris accepted the offer, does not mean that we are also accepting that FYROM should be named Macedonia.
Maybe so... But George Soros doesn't just hand out money because of a bleeding heart, when he rubs your back Mr. Capon, at some time or another you have to rub it back!
It is a shame that the Greek Diaspora did not make this offer, and allowed people such as Soros to do so.
Also shame on Boutaris for accepting this.